Reigning Macau Poker Cup champ "Baby" Tom Alner is the latest casualty here in the ACOP Main Event.
Alner had flopped a straight with on a flop, but after raising his opponent's bet to 10,500, Alner was then faced with a tough decision for his tournament life when his opponent moved all in. Alner had another 15,000 behind and wanted to find a fold, but after several minutes of think time, he splashed the chips into the middle to discover the bad news. He was virtually drawing dead as his opponent showed for the flush.
The and completed the board to send Alner to an unfortunate exit.
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Keith Gipson started the day with just 17,725, which was about half the starting stack. Well, it's been a good day for Mr. Gipson as he now sits with 115,000!
Much of that came in a recent hand where there was around 33,000 in the pot and a board reading . The player in the small blind checked and Gipson took the opportunity to bet 13,500. The small blind called and then checked once again on the river. Gipson grabbed his remaining chips and committed them to the pot, which put his opponent, who had about 35,000 behind, to the test.
The small blind thought for a little over a minute before conceding the hand to Gipson.
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on a 
flop, but after raising his opponent's bet to 10,500, Alner was then faced with a tough decision for his tournament life when his opponent moved all in. Alner had another 15,000 behind and wanted to find a fold, but after several minutes of think time, he splashed the chips into the middle to discover the bad news. He was virtually drawing dead as his opponent showed 
for the flush.
and 
completed the board to send Alner to an unfortunate exit.
. The player in the small blind checked and Gipson took the opportunity to bet 13,500. The small blind called and then checked once again on the 
river. Gipson grabbed his remaining chips and committed them to the pot, which put his opponent, who had about 35,000 behind, to the test.
